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The efficiency of electric distribution companies is assessed under a productive efficiency criterion viewpoint. The analysis methodology consists of the estimation of frontier production costs functions; a parametric and a non parametric function. Two individual technical efficiency measurements for the distribution business are obtained from these functions. The assessment confirms actions and strategies that result in cost reductions in distribution companies. An application within the framework of the last Chilean regulatory process is illustrated in this work.Este trabajo analiza la eficiencia de empresas de distribución eléctrica, bajo el punto de vista del criterio de la eficiencia productiva. La metodología de análisis consiste en la estimación de funciones de costo de producción frontera, una paramétrica y otra no paramétrica. A partir de las mismas se obtienen dos medidas de la eficiencia técnica individual de cada explotación, lo que deja en evidencia acciones y estrategias que conducen a una reducción de costos para las empresas de distribución. Se ilustra su aplicación dentro del marco del último proceso regulatorio chileno.

The efficiency of electric distribution companies is assessed under a productive efficiency criterion viewpoint. The analysis methodology consists of the estimation of frontier production costs functions; a parametric and a non parametric function. Two individual technical efficiency measurements for the distribution business are obtained from these functions. The assessment confirms actions and strategies that result in cost reductions in distribution companies. An application within the framework of the last Chilean regulatory process is illustrated in this work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]